Lyndale Elementary

Summary:

Lyndale Elementary is a public elementary school in Minneapolis, Minnesota, serving around 360 students in grades PK-5. The school is part of the Minneapolis Public School District, which has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Lyndale Elementary stands out for its diverse student population, with a racial makeup of 24.44% White, 43.61% African American, 23.06% Hispanic, and other minority groups. However, the school's academic performance, as measured by standardized tests, is generally lower than the district and state averages. Only 28.72% of Lyndale students were proficient or better in Math, compared to 34.66% for the district and 45.47% for the state. This may be partly due to the high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, with 73.61% qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. Despite these challenges, Lyndale has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 12.5 students per teacher.

When compared to nearby schools, Lyndale Elementary generally performs worse academically, with lower proficiency rates in Math, Reading, and Science. For example, Southside Family Charter School and Green Central Elementary have higher academic performance. However, these nearby schools also face their own unique challenges, such as high percentages of low-income students or low overall enrollment. Addressing the issues at Lyndale Elementary, including the diverse academic needs of its student population and the high percentage of low-income families, will be crucial for improving educational outcomes for the students.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

 312 West 34th St
       Minneapolis, MN  55408-8888


(612) 668-4000

District: Minneapolis Public School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
756th of 881 Minnesota Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $14,936 Help


Students who attend Lyndale Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Justice Page Middle
High:    Washburn High

Student/teacher ratio:  12.5 Help
Number of students:  360

Racial breakdown:

African American:
43.6%
White:
24.4%
Hispanic:
23.1%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  73.6% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Lyndale Elementary ranks worse than 85.8% of elementary schools in Minnesota. It also ranks 15th among 29 ranked elementary schools in the Minneapolis Public School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 15.9. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Student population at Lyndale Elementary is diverse. Racial makeup is: African American (43.6%), White (24.4%), Hispanic (23.1%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 73.6% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Lyndale Elementary is 12.5, which is the 14th best among 29 elementary schools in the Minneapolis Public School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Lyndale Elementary is $14,936. 19 elementary schools in the Minneapolis Public School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Lyndale Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Lyndale Elementary 756th of 881 Minnesota public elementary schools. (See Lyndale Elementary in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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Minneapolis Public School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Minneapolis Public School District 322nd of 463 Minnesota school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Lyndale Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Lyndale Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 8.64 627th 674 7.0%
2004 16.82 612th 676 9.5%
2005 11.88 634th 685 7.4%
2006 14.10 691st 756 8.6%
2007 27.15 670th 777 13.8%
2008 20.96 693rd 781 11.3%
2009 15.69 394th 434 9.2%
2010 16.86 717th 803 10.7%
2011 14.54 734th 814 9.8%
2012 9.12 760th 820 7.3%
2013 13.31 746th 824 9.5%
2014 21.30 702nd 826 15.0%
2015 23.63 700th 840 16.7%
2016 22.33 711th 848 16.2%
2017 22.11 709th 853 16.9%
2018 23.87 696th 847 17.8%
2019 29.38 671st 870 22.9%
2021 51.06 509th 869 41.4%
2022 22.06 689th 858 19.7%
2023 25.59 650th 845 23.1%
2024 15.90 756th 881 14.2%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Lyndale Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 31.88 182nd 242 24.8%
2019 30.29 196th 239 18.0%
2021 65.15 32nd 175 81.7%
2023 29.15 224th 276 18.8%
2024 17.03 293rd 303 3.3%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Lyndale Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 17.08 403rd 463 13.0%
2019 16.96 460th 515 10.7%
2023 18.22 464th 524 11.5%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Lyndale Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 18.63 646th 728 11.3%
2019 16.16 663rd 740 10.4%
2021 29.97 515th 683 24.6%
2022 22.69 547th 663 17.5%
2023 20.97 644th 774 16.8%
2024 11.98 726th 793 8.4%
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Rank History for Female students at Lyndale Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 25.47 633rd 774 18.2%
2019 26.33 630th 787 19.9%
2021 59.14 348th 783 55.6%
2022 16.66 674th 799 15.6%
2023 20.95 636th 787 19.2%
2024 16.12 692nd 809 14.5%
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Rank History for Male students at Lyndale Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 22.97 646th 779 17.1%
2019 32.17 613th 798 23.2%
2021 41.58 534th 784 31.9%
2022 28.64 623rd 808 22.9%
2023 31.73 592nd 799 25.9%
2024 15.50 716th 826 13.3%
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Rank History for African American students at Lyndale Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 36.08 185th 266 30.5%
2019 36.40 193rd 283 31.8%
2021 42.64 130th 227 42.7%
2022 36.76 191st 282 32.3%
2023 40.99 153rd 279 45.2%
2024 28.70 231st 310 25.5%
See the entire list of Best Minnesota Elementary Schools for African American Students!

Rank History for Hispanic students at Lyndale Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 16.84 195th 214 8.9%
2024 13.69 234th 249 6.0%
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Rank History for White students at Lyndale Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 77.03 108th 712 84.8%
2019 72.80 158th 722 78.1%
2021 77.84 104th 710 85.4%
2022 61.78 256th 725 64.7%
2023 79.16 110th 712 84.6%
2024 70.24 183rd 730 74.9%
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Data source: test scores: Minnesota Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Data source: Minnesota Department of Education

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Reviews:
by a parent
Monday, November 19, 2018

Open Quote If you want to decide how good a school is by reading test scores and percentages of free/reduced lunches, this is the website for you. And good luck to your kids. If you want to figure out if any particular school is right for your kid, get off your couch and tour the school. That's what I did. And I fell in love with Lyndale during my tour. The energy, the diversity, the community. All of it. While any school can provide the academic requirements, only schools like Lyndale truly teach our children about the world. And you can't put a "ranking" on that. Come see for yourself. Your kids will be glad you did! Close Quote


by a parent
Friday, September 25, 2015

Open Quote We love Lyndale and feel it was the best possible choice we could make for our kids. Lyndale is hidden gem with an incredibly dedicated team of teacher and school leadership, plus a very involved parent community. Ranking the school based only on test scores is deeply unfair. Test scores are influenced by who is in the school. This is a very diverse school with a high number of English Language Learners, so clearly the test scores are not going to be as high as an all white school in the burbs. What matters more is how much progress kids in the school make every year - on that Lyndale is one of the strongest school in the district. My kids teachers have done a great job of teaching to students at all levels in the classroom, and everyone benefits from the very low student to teacher ratio! Close Quote



Enrollment information for Lyndale Elementary

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 302 163 125 9 17 n/a n/a 0 616
1989 310 166 118 6 28 n/a n/a 0 628
1990 336 207 122 8 21 n/a n/a 0 694
1991 321 201 135 6 25 n/a n/a 0 688
1992 248 182 140 4 20 n/a n/a 0 594
1993 242 185 143 6 26 n/a n/a 0 602
1994 237 175 137 5 16 n/a n/a 0 570
1995 226 204 112 16 16 n/a n/a 0 574
1996 226 204 112 16 16 n/a n/a 0 574
1997 156 280 110 16 18 n/a n/a 0 580
1998 89 297 88 25 16 n/a n/a 0 515
1999 67 317 68 17 19 n/a n/a 0 488
2000 57 303 58 38 19 n/a n/a 0 475
2001 47 271 51 60 24 n/a n/a 0 453
2002 29 234 19 81 9 n/a n/a 0 372
2003 29 234 19 81 9 n/a n/a 0 372
2004 35 201 18 82 6 n/a n/a 0 342
2005 35 191 13 77 2 n/a n/a 0 318
2006 32 209 11 69 5 n/a n/a 0 326
2007 30 219 9 75 13 n/a n/a 0 346
2008 30 229 15 76 7 n/a n/a 0 357
2009 25 238 13 66 11 n/a n/a 0 353
2010 42 227 13 93 14 n/a n/a 0 389
2011 105 252 9 68 15 0 0 0 449
2012 139 263 15 64 10 1 3 0 495
2013 138 321 16 48 5 1 6 0 535
2014 131 342 17 66 7 0 5 0 568
2015 136 318 20 71 4 0 2 0 551
2016 144 299 15 75 6 0 10 0 549
2017 148 240 10 62 4 0 11 0 475
2018 167 241 8 58 2 0 14 0 490
2019 189 212 8 56 3 0 27 0 495
2020 206 177 7 54 3 0 33 0 480
2021 205 168 4 52 0 0 42 0 471
2022 93 159 6 70 3 0 25 0 356
2023 88 157 5 83 2 0 25 0 360

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Lyndale Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 616 46.2 13.3 47.9
1989 628 43.1 14.5 46.5
1990 694 44.6 15.5 44.4
1991 688 43.0 16.0 40.6
1992 594 41.6 14.2 53.5
1993 602 45.4 13.3 55
1994 570 44.4 12.8 54.4
1995 574 0.0 0.0 62
1996 574 0.0 0.0 62
1997 580 42.2 13.7 73.8
1998 515 n/a 0.0 82.7
1999 488 47.3 10.3 83.6
2000 475 42.9 11.1 88.2
2001 453 40.4 11.2 90.5
2002 372 34.1 10.9 90.1
2003 372 34.1 10.9 90.1
2004 342 29.4 11.6 88.6
2005 318 23.5 13.5 90.6
2006 326 21.4 15.2 89.3
2007 346 19.1 18.1 91.6
2008 357 22.5 15.9 91.6
2009 353 27.6 12.8 90.4
2010 389 32.4 12.0 87.9
2011 449 30.3 14.7 77.1
2012 495 32.8 15.0 75.4
2013 535 34.3 15.5 76.1
2014 568 39.2 14.4 73.1
2015 551 40.0 13.7 71.9
2016 549 42.0 13.0 70.1
2017 475 42.7 11.1 65.5
2018 490 37.9 12.9 63.1
2019 495 34.2 14.4 54.9
2020 480 32.4 14.7 48.5
2021 471 33.0 14.2 42
2022 356 28.2 12.5 64.9
2023 360 28.6 12.5 73.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Lyndale Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 616 46.2 13.3 47.9
1989 628 43.1 14.5 46.5
1990 694 44.6 15.5 44.4
1991 688 43.0 16.0 40.6
1992 594 41.6 14.2 53.5
1993 602 45.4 13.3 55
1994 570 44.4 12.8 54.4
1995 574 0.0 0.0 62
1996 574 0.0 0.0 62
1997 580 42.2 13.7 73.8
1998 515 n/a 0.0 82.7
1999 488 47.3 10.3 83.6
2000 475 42.9 11.1 88.2
2001 453 40.4 11.2 90.5
2002 372 34.1 10.9 90.1
2003 372 34.1 10.9 90.1
2004 342 29.4 11.6 88.6
2005 318 23.5 13.5 90.6
2006 326 21.4 15.2 89.3
2007 346 19.1 18.1 91.6
2008 357 22.5 15.9 91.6
2009 353 27.6 12.8 90.4
2010 389 32.4 12.0 87.9
2011 449 30.3 14.7 77.1
2012 495 32.8 15.0 75.4
2013 535 34.3 15.5 76.1
2014 568 39.2 14.4 73.1
2015 551 40.0 13.7 71.9
2016 549 42.0 13.0 70.1
2017 475 42.7 11.1 65.5
2018 490 37.9 12.9 63.1
2019 495 34.2 14.4 54.9
2020 480 32.4 14.7 48.5
2021 471 33.0 14.2 42
2022 356 28.2 12.5 64.9
2023 360 28.6 12.5 73.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Lyndale Elementary

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2019 $14,936

Data source: Minnesota Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Lyndale Elementary

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 671st of 870 Elementary schoolsRanks 650th of 845 Elementary schools
 0.2%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade Math (Lyndale Elementary)60.533.8
 26.7%
   3rd Grade Math (Minneapolis Public School District)51.846.4
 5.4%
   3rd Grade Math (Minnesota)65.659.1
 6.5%
3rd Grade Reading (Lyndale Elementary)47.742
 5.6%
   3rd Grade Reading (Minneapolis Public School District)45.942.2
 3.7%
   3rd Grade Reading (Minnesota)54.647.4
 7.2%
4th Grade Math (Lyndale Elementary)44.444.2
 0.2%
   4th Grade Math (Minneapolis Public School District)48.243.9
 4.3%
   4th Grade Math (Minnesota)63.957.1
 6.8%
4th Grade Reading (Lyndale Elementary)42.938.5
 4.4%
   4th Grade Reading (Minneapolis Public School District)4442.4
 1.6%
   4th Grade Reading (Minnesota)55.448.4
 7.1%
5th Grade Math (Lyndale Elementary)34.114.8
 19.3%
   5th Grade Math (Minneapolis Public School District)40.328
 12.3%
   5th Grade Math (Minnesota)5244.4
 7.6%
5th Grade Reading (Lyndale Elementary)51.837
 14.7%
   5th Grade Reading (Minneapolis Public School District)53.444.9
 8.4%
   5th Grade Reading (Minnesota)65.858.7
 7%
5th Grade Science (Lyndale Elementary)31.825.9
 5.8%
   5th Grade Science (Minneapolis Public School District)40.836.1
 4.8%
   5th Grade Science (Minnesota)54.948.4
 6.5%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students495360
 27.3%
African American212157
 25.9%
American Indian32
 33.3%
Asian85
 37.5%
Hispanic5683
 48.2%
Pacific Islander00
White18988
 53.4%
Two or More Races2725
 7.4%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients54.9%73.6%
 18.7%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Lyndale Elementary

Lyndale Elementary ranks in the bottom 14.2% of Minnesota elementary schools.

Students at Lyndale Elementary are 44% African American, 24% White, 23% Hispanic, 7% Two or more races, 1% Asian.

In the 2022-23 school year, 360 students attended Lyndale Elementary.

Students who attend Lyndale Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Justice Page Middle
High : Washburn High


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